Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said it was called around 11:30 a.m. Thursday to reports of an explosion in a vehicle at 100th Avenue and 112th Street.
An explosion was heard and a thick plume of black smoke seen rising into the air late Thursday morning in downtown Edmonton.in a vehicle at 100th Avenue and 112th Street in the Oliver area.
Six units, or about 24 firefighters, were dispatched with the first unit arriving on scene a minute after the call came in. “We actually had a crew about half a block away when this happened and they saw the smoke,” said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services Acting District Chief Cory Cremer.Videos and photos shared with Global News show a work van on fire in an alley.An explosion was heard and car spotted on fire in an alley near 100th Avenue and 112th Street in downtown Edmonton on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.The building the van was parked beside appeared to suffer some exterior damage, as seen in the photo below.
Edmonton Fire Rescue said the fire was called out at 12:45 p.m. and was limited to the vehicle involved and the exterior of a nearby building. Cremer said the fire was brought under control within a few minutes: “It’s just our bread and butter – we put it out fast.”“At this time we know there’s two tanks that have exploded, but we’re not sure until the investigation’s done exactly what was in the tanks,” Cremer said.
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